School Memoirs

Although we rely on physicians, calling on them at birth and death and every medical event in between, rarely do we consider the personal challenges faced by doctors-to-be. In 2005 author Jacqueline Marino and photojournalist Tim Harrison had the unprecedented opportunity to chronicle the experience of three students as they learned to become doctors at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.

Most people will, at some point or another, either find themselves dressed in a tiny hospital gown or staring at someone else dressed in a tiny hospital gown. Whether from the perspective of a patient, a family member, or a medical professional, we all have a significant stake in the process of medical education. While numerous memoirs recount physicians' grueling experiences during residency, few focus on the even more formative portion of medical training: the third year of medical school--the clinical year. Short White Coat: Lessons from Patients on Becoming a Doctor is the disarmingly ...

I have always loved reading the biographies and stories of great people, because their biographies are open books from which we can draw the essence of their thoughts and the essence of their experiences. It is as if they are pointing through their stories to the paths of success they took and the paths of failure they turned their backs on or those that led them to failure once, so that their knowledge of them could rise a step on the long ladder of success.

In The Making of Her, Clarissa Farr shares the wealth of her extensive experience to explore key questions facing parents, teachers, business leaders and managers everywhere. What contributes to the success of women? How can we inspire confidence, and nurture excellence in children - girls especially - that will equip them for adult life? Drawing on her time as high mistress of St Paul’s Girls’ School, one of the most successful schools of the country, Clarissa reflects on her experience of working as a key figure in the UK’s education system.

I share unexpected insights from youthful and adult loves to addictions and adventures.

I share unexpected insights from youthful and adult loves, addictions and adventures.

تناول الكاتب جهاد الترباني في كتابه "مدرسة الصحابة"، حياة الصحابة رضي الله عنهم بصورة جديدة تجعلنا نستفيد منها ونطبقها في حياتنا العملية وقد طرح الترباني في هذا الكتاب الاجابة على العديد من التساؤلات الهامة: من هم الصحابة رضي الله عنهم؟ وما أهمية دراسة قصصهم في حياتنا المعاصرة؟ ما أبرز العوامل الأساسية التي صنعت جيل الصحابة رضي الله عنهم؟ ولماذا يعتبر هذا الجيل فريدًا في التاريخ البشري بأسره؟

The powerful and uplifting story of one Ugandan woman who has given hope to hundreds of female victims of war and violence. Alice Achan was just 13 when the Lord's Resistance Army first terrorised her village in Northern Uganda in 1987. She spent five years on the run from the brutal LRA and then cared for her young nieces after their mother died of AIDS, losing them one by one to the disease.

Betty Pacutho Udongo was an elected member of the Ugandan Parliament when she founded the Nebbi Standard Academy, a secondary school in Northern Uganda. The school was founded to serve the needs of students in the region, but quickly became much more when orphans from a nearby refugee camp started to arrive after receiving word that they would not be turned away.

In this book, George takes us along on his first year inside the messy, magical world of primary school teaching. In the company of five-year-olds – who are somehow wisdom, innocence and chaos incarnate – there is always lots to be learned.

First Admission: A Handbook to New Grad Nursing is the nursing handbook you never thought you needed. It is the first of its kind, exploring all the trials and tribulations of nursing school and beyond. Nurses, both new and experienced, will enjoy and relate to this laissez-faire look at an industry made up of the most compassionate yet colorful smattering of personalities. You don’t have to be a nurse to appreciate the challenges and politics that entangle the careers of nearly four million American health care workers. First Admission: A Handbook to New Grad Nursing will have you ...

What is it really like to work in a British school as a teacher in the 21st century? What happened to the national curriculum in England? How do teachers deal with disruption? Hilarious things students say! Sometimes intentionally! Which issues are most draining of teachers' energy?

Kid on the Go! is Neill McKee's third work of creative nonfiction. It's a standalone prequel to his award-winning Finding Myself in Borneo. In this new audiobook, McKee takes listeners on a journey through his childhood, adolescence, and teenage years, from the mid-40s to the mid-60s in the small, then industrially-polluted town of Elmira, Ontario, Canada.

Parents rejoiced to send them back to school, while teachers prepared to face them all again … Five. Days. A. Week! Coming out the other side of the pandemic years, podcast sensations Lee and Adam Parkinson–aka the Two Mr Ps–bring you the most hilarious, ridiculous anecdotes from inside our primary schools. Join in on the classroom antics as they share the unexpected pitfalls of online teaching, all the reasons you need a strong stomach to take on Early Years and why not every household item makes a suitable Harry Potter wand …

Best-selling author Alice Taylor's classic account of growing up in the Irish countryside and the biggest selling book ever published in Ireland. If ever a voice has captured the colours, the rhythms, the rich, bittersweet emotions of a time gone by, it is Alice Taylor's. Her tales of childhood in rural Ireland hark back to a timeless past, to a world now lost, but ever and fondly remembered. The colourful characters and joyous moments she offers have made To School through the Fields an Irish phenomenon.

Author, artist, and retired Deputy Head Jo Johnson was born and brought up in Greenock in the West of Scotland. Educated at Greenock Academy until the age of 14, he experienced a profound culture shock when the family relocated to Kilwinning in Ayrshire where he found himself in a much rougher school environment. Born into a devoutly Christian family, Jo had to balance the competing demands of "church and state" at an early age. His story is peppered with entertaining, poignant, and occasionally unpleasant memories of growing up in 1960s Greenock and 1970s Ayrshire.

In 1961, Carol Knych was hired by the Department of Defense Dependents Schools in Germany, where she began a lifetime career as an English teacher for the children of military personnel. Stationed in Germany in the midst of the Cold War, Carol witnessed both the height of communism, and the eventual fall of the Soviet Union. In-between, A Cold War Teacher's Tale reflects countless other memories that span an era. For any fan of history and the human experience, this audiobook is certain to be an entertaining listen.

You are holding in your hands a precautionary memoir. This extraordinarily personable author thrills audiences with her exploits and adventures as a die-hard quirky public high school science teacher. With twenty-six years as a science teacher, she has plenty of teenagers-driving-you-bonkers experience and describes her knowledge of the school system through first-person experiences. The authors activities and stories are inspirational to anyone interested in what happens inside the classroom when innovative teachers are involved.

Violence is a serious thing that many people shove off to the side to be dealt with later. When shoved off to the side, policies and security protocols that prevent or reduce violence in schools systems get delayed, which could mean more students dying. It's true the violent actions can be 100 percent prevented. Through an understanding of statistics, one can clearly associate a particular school with more violence than other schools. Dive deep to find out the hidden truth about school violence that they don't want you to know about.

O sonho de Juli era ser mãe e ela o realizou–e segue realizando diariamente–porém, ela não esperava os desafios que a maternidade atípica lhe reservava. O diagnóstico de Rafael veio no ano de 2015 e, de lá para cá, o hobby de Juli em escrever e influenciar pessoas teve uma mudança drástica: compartilhar tudo aquilo que estava reaprendendo com seu filho e sua família, fazendo-a acrescentar em seu currículo mais uma função: palestrante.